Offers to help slain man's family

Maria Carmen Mora, 59, talks about the beating death of her husband Delfino Mora, 62, Sunday, July 15, 2012 at their North side home. (MICHAEL TERCHA/Chicago Tribune)

James Janega

Many readers who learned of the 62-year-old Chicago man beaten to death by teens in Rogers Park wrote to the Tribune seeking ways to help his family.

The story of Delfino Mora has captured attention. His beating death was recorded on cell phone cameras and posted on Facebook. Three teens have been charged with first-degree murder.

Monday's updates to the story have been shared thousands of times by email and social media. Bridget Doyle, who with Jim Jaworski wrote one of Monday's initial installments of the story, said more than a dozen readers had written in to ask how they could help Mora's family.

The family told our colleagues at WGN News they had set up the Emmanuel Mora fund at Chase Bank. Donations are accepted at any branch.

How do we decide to publish information about how to help a sympathetic person covered in a Tribune story? Deputy Metro Editor Mark Jacob explained the caution we take – and why.